Photo: Henry Wilkins/VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACRI petitioned Israel's Supreme Court on November 18, 2025, on behalf of an asylum seeker from Sudan, after the police revoked the permit for a demonstration at the United Arab Emirates embassy in Herzliya against the genocide in Sudan. The police initially approved the demonstration under certain conditions, but later reversed its decision, claiming it had received information that there was a high degree of cer

Photo: Wix Media In September 2020, the police scrapped the protocol that prohibited photographing protesters other than under exceptional circumstances. The police claimed there would be a new protocol, but despite repeated requests from the Association for Civil Rights, no new protocol has been put into place. Meanwhile, police officers have been photographing protesters whenever they like, without any justification. Officers have used their personal phones to photograph in

Every year, the Association for Civil Rights awards the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award  to a person or organization that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel. These are the recipients of the 2025 award:   Jack Khoury. Photo: Rami Shllush, Haaretz Jack Khoury , journalist for Haaretz and news director of Radio A-Shams. For two decades, Khoury has consistently and persistently called for human rights and equality, and for mediation

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-stok On September 7, 2025, the media reported that following anti-war...

Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-stok On August 18, 2025 ACRI petitioned the Supreme Court demanding that the police be prohibited from using...

Antiwar protest (illustrative). Photo: Orna Naor, Shatil-stok On June 29, 2025, ACRI approached the Haifa Municipality and police...

Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-stok (the individuals pictured are not connected to the events described in this post) On June 25, 2025, we...

Police officers remove a protester at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025. Photo: Arik Segal, "Protest Documentation," WhatsApp...

On October 31, 2024, the police updated the "Deployment and Use of Stun Grenades" policy. The new version  (Heb)  allows officers to...

Photos of people and children killed in Gaza during a demonstration. Photo: "Standing Together" On May 29, 2025 ACRI sent an urgent...

Demonstration in Tel Aviv against the war, May 24, 2025. Photo: Zohar Bar Yehuda, "Protest Documentation," WhatsApp The coalition...

Border Police vehicle at a demonstration. Photo: "Protest Documentation", WhatsApp In response to the government’s most recent efforts to...

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, together with the Public Committee Against Torture and the Movement for Quality Government,...

In September 2023, the police modified and expanded their procedures regarding the use of mounted police at demonstrations. The revised...

A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank    Over a Year of War     Since the horrific massacre carried out by...

In October 2023, the police updated their procedures for operating the MCTZ (spray machine) to allow the addition of pepper spray to the...

On May 22, 2024, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Attorney General of the Police requesting that...

Between August 31 and September 9, 2024, at least 127 demonstrators across the country were arrested during anti-government protests. Of...

On September 1, 2024, following the tragic murder of six hostages, the Histadrut General Organization of Workers in Israel announced a...

On June 16, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner regarding the conduct of the police...